Dirty Words

Dirty Words,

Before you continue reading I must warn you that this article makes reference to words in the English language that are generally considered foul, offensive and obscene in nature. These words are used here for reference and comparison purposes only in order to enable the reader to understand this articles point. We will use asterisks to some extent in order to lessen the impact as it is absolutely not our intent to offend, but to enlighten the reader to the true nature of dirty words. You may be surprised at what we discovered.

In modern language there are many words and phrases which we consider to be profane. It is necessary to provide some examples here so there is no mistaking the point of this writing. F*CK, SH*T, *SSH*LE, B*TCH, etc and the list goes on and on, are considered to be foul, profane, and vulgar in nature by all accounts. Certainly we would not want our children to use these words in their speech, and many people cringe when this type of grammar is used in conversation, and even scorn those who use such expressions, yet those are not the true profanity of your dialect.

Universally agreed upon to be foul these words strangely enough have no real foul connotations. Simply they are words that refer to bodily functions, parts, actions and such. One has to wonder how these terms and phrases originated and became profane while many words we take for granted did not.

Many people go through great pain not to “swear” in front of their children and would try to instill in them not to do so either, yet use in front of them and let them use far worst expressions and even at times encourage such behavior. There are words in your vocabulary that are truly profane, in their very nature, connotation and meaning, far more so than what one commonly thinks of when speaking of profanity.

So what are the dirty words we speak of, how about Kike, Wap, Nigger, Gook, Spook, Honky, and all the other simple terms we use to describe the inhabitants of our small world? Should it not be worst to damn an entire population of people by using a term that is solely intended to degrade them? Isn’t using a term of hatred, bias, prejudice and malice worst than using any of the words we typically consider to be profane.

How often people use, and encourage their children to use the most foul and horrible of words, and then get angered when those same children use words that are typically considered to be profane. By definition the dirtiest, most profane, most unaccepted, and most prohibited words in a language should be the ones that demoralize, defame and degrade entire groups of people based upon where they were born, or what skin tone they have., These are the words that should be far more profane and worst than what we typically think of when we speak of foul language.

So what are the dirty words of the English language, what is truly profane and foul, and what simply bad choices in grammar are. Dirty words are truly far from what we think, but of course if we really understood the nature of dirty words, we would live in a much cleaner and happier world. Hatred, prejudice, and all the horrible things that go with it, seem to be built in to the human equation perhaps that is why it is so hard to discern between what is foul, and what is not. There are some who do recognize words of hatred and racism as profane, and much has been written about the subject to support the contention that words of hatred are truly the worst and most profane terms there are, but society as a whole still remains.

In the mind of the average person walking down the street, what we perceive to be foul, and what truly is, may be quite different than what we think. Maybe someday we will all see the light and think about removing the worst and most degrading parts of our speech.